Alaska Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOWER BACK/HIP STRAIN FROM OPERATING EXCAVATOR.
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Alaska Gold Company · Flash burns (welding)
WELDING WITH ANOTHER WORKER INSIDE OF A TROMMEL.FLASH BURN TO RIGHT EYE WHICH WAS PATCHED FOR TWO DAYS.
Alaska Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WELDING AND GRINDING ON A BUCKET. DIRT OR METAL IN LEFT EYE, FLASH BURN IN RIGHT EYE. DIRT OR METAL WAS REMOVED. RIGHT EYE WAS PATCHED FOR A COUPLE DAYS TILL HEALED.
Alaska Gold Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SAND PAPER CAUGHT ON SHAFT ONT HE LATHE AND PULLED THRU LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER. FIVE STITCHES.
Alaska Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WELDING IN A TIGHT AREA. PIECE OF METAL OR DIRT GOT IN RIGHT EYE. FOREIGN BODY REMOVED, CORNEAL ABRASION.
March 26, 1996
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against a moving object
PRIOR BACK PROBLEMS WERE AGGRAVATED FROM OPERATING A DOZER. RUPTURED DISC.
March 10, 1996
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO RIGHT WRIST CAUSED FROM EXCESSIVE MANUAL SQUEEZING OF CONTROLS WHILE OPERATING A D10N CATERPILLAR.
Alaska Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOST FOOTING WHILE GRINDING IN AN ODD POSITION WITH A 9" DISC GRINDER ON THE WASHPLANT. LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM, CLOSED WITH STITCHES.
Alaska Gold Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS DRILLING SAMPLE HOLES WHEN GLOVE ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON MAIN CABLE ON CHURN DRILL. CABLE SPUN IN SOCKET CAUSING HAND TO TWIST AROUND CABLE. LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS FOR THUMB WERE BROKEN. A N OEPRATION TO REATTACH IS REQUIRED. EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO ANCHORAGE FOR TREATMENT OF THIS INJURY AS TREATMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN NOME.
October 7, 1995
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS REMOVING BOLTS THAT WERE HOLDING WEAR PLATE WITH AIR WRENCH. THE SHARP EDGE OF A BOLT CUT MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND. LACERATION WAS CLOSED WITH 8 STITCHES.
May 30, 1995
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MUSCLE STRAIN IN NECK/BACK FROM RIPPING WITH A D9 CATERPILLAR TRACTOR.
July 15, 1994
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HOLDING A HAND LINE & WAS UNAWARE OF DREDGE CABLE NEAR HIM. WHEN DREDGE CHANGED POSITION,CABLE BECAME TIGHT & KNOCKED HIM TWISTING HIS ANKLE. EE SAW DOCTOR WHO "SUGGESTED 5 DAYS REST", BUT RELEASED TO RETURN WHEN HE FELT ABLE. RETURNED AFTER 3 DAYS.
Alaska Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WAS GRINDING METAL HEEL PLATES A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE & BECAME EMBEDDED METAL WAS REMOVED NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT WAS SUTAINED
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against stationary object
61206PERATING THE SWING BELT ON DREDGE 5.AFTER BENDING OVER TO OBSERVE WHERE A LARGE ROCK WAS GOING,I SWUNG AROUND AND MY ELBOW HIT A WOODEN SHELF.THE ELBOW SWELLED UP AND HAD TO BE DRAINED.
Alaska Gold Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
WELDING DREDGE BUCKET LIPS SPARK LANDED ON ARM WHICH CAUSED SMALL BURN BURN LATER BECAME INFECTD REQUIRING ANTIO\BIOTICS TO HELP HEALING
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